Grande-Prairie

At a glance

Grande-Prairie is the eastern half of Saint-Léonard, with apartments, some houses and a mix of ages. It is in the borough of Saint-Léonard.

Median home value (est.)

$754K^*

* est.: 2021 census, indexed to September 2026 · city $611K

Residents

33,775

2021 census

Households renting

64%

city 64%

Homes that are apartments

80%

city 73%

What the numbers mean

• Owners valued the median home at $617K in the 2021 census. Indexed to September 2026 prices with the Montréal CMA MLS® Home Price Index (+22% since then), that is about $754K, 23% above the Montréal median of $611K. It is an estimate: the index tracks the whole region, not this neighbourhood.
• 64% of households rent, close to the 64% city-wide.
• 22% are 65 or older, versus 17% city-wide, a sign of long-time residents and a settled pace.

Who lives here

Share of residents by age, 2021 census.

Homes

Share of homes by type, 2021 census.

Upfront closing costs¹

Quebec buyers pay a tiered transfer duty (the welcome tax) to the municipality, set by each city. Montréal's rate rises from 0.5% to 4%. Government fees at the median home price: This uses the census home value indexed to September 2026 prices, so treat it as an estimate.

Montréal transfer duties (welcome tax)

$10,430

on $754K

Typical apartment rent nearby²

Grande-Prairie sits in CMHC's Anjou/Saint-Léonard survey zone. October 2025 average rent of purpose-built rental apartments in that zone:

Studio

$690

−$315 vs metro average

1 bedroom

$844

−$287 vs metro average

2 bedroom

$1,119

−$227 vs metro average

3 bedroom or more

—

not reported

How it's changing

Montréal doesn't publish building permits by neighbourhood, so we can't chart construction here yet.

Safety³

Reported incidents in the last 12 months (October 2025 to September 2026), per 1,000 residents, compared with the median of 77 Montréal neighbourhoods.

Reported crime

7.0

per 1,000 · a little below the 8.7 median

Violent crime

0.6

per 1,000 · median 0.8

Property crime

6.4

per 1,000 · median 8.1

• Reported crime runs about 20% below the median Montréal neighbourhood: 7.0 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, versus 8.7.
• Montréal police don't publish assaults in their open data, so the violent figure here only covers robbery and offences causing death.
• The most common reported crime is theft from vehicles, 42% of the total. 91% of incidents are property crime.
• Crime has fallen since 2020: 290 reported incidents in 2025 versus 359 in 2020.
• So far in 2026 (January to September) there have been 170 incidents, 24% fewer than the same months of 2025.

Reported crime by year

*2026 is year to date.